Princeton Public Schools

For the school district in Ohio, see Princeton City Schools. For the school district in Wisconsin, see Princeton School District.

Princeton Public Schools
Address
25 Valley Road
Princeton
, Mercer County, New Jersey, 08540
United States
Coordinates40°21′41″N 74°39′49″W / 40.361361°N 74.663579°W / 40.361361; -74.663579
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentKathie Foster (interim)
Business administratorMatthew Bouldin
Schools6
Students and staff
Enrollment3,740 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty341.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.0:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitewww.princetonk12.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,80366$18,89126.0%
1Budgetary Cost18,6886514,78326.4%
2Classroom Instruction11,304678,76329.0%
6Support Services3,340632,39239.6%
8Administrative Cost1,629491,4859.7%
10Operations & Maintenance1,920561,7837.7%
13Extracurricular Activities4484826867.2%
16Median Teacher Salary76,6716664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

Princeton Public Schools (PPS) is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Princeton, in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] Students from Cranbury Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4] The district administration building is at 25 Valley Road in Princeton.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,740 students and 341.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[5]

Residents of Princeton University's housing complexes for graduate students with families, Butler Apartments,[6] Lawrence Apartments,[7] and Stanworth Apartments,[8] are zoned to the district.[9]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Princeton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ District Policy 9110 - Number of Members and Term of Office, Princeton Public Schools. Accessed September 3, 2020. "The Princeton Public Schools District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Municipality of Princeton and receives high school students from the Cranbury Public School District.... The Princeton Board of Education shall consist of ten members, nine of which are elected for three year terms and one from the Cranbury Board of Education."
  4. ^ Princeton Public Schools 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 2, 2017. "As we strive to serve the more than 3700 students from the Princeton and Cranbury communities, we do so knowing that our work with them in the classroom, on the athletic field, and on the stage matters deeply to each one and to the larger society into which they will graduate."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2005.
  6. ^ Campus Map Butler Apartments, Princeton University. Accessed February 10, 2012.
  7. ^ Campus Map Lawrence Apartments, Princeton University. Accessed February 10, 2012.
  8. ^ Campus Map Stanworth Apartments, Princeton University. Accessed February 10, 2012.
  9. ^ Residency Manual." (Archive) Princeton Public Schools. Accessed February 10, 2012.